Friedman says it's time to cry wolf over AI, as critics urge treating AI as a new species, not a tool
zetalyrae · x · 2026-09-23
- NYT columnist Thomas Friedman publishes a new piece, It's Time to Cry Wolf Over A.I., arguing the public must take AI's accelerating progress seriously instead of dismissing warnings as premature.
- Quoter Simon Lermen praises the column, saying many people refuse to imagine where AI is heading out of a desire to seem respectable — a "failure of imagination".
- Lermen also appreciates that Friedman avoids the "it's a tool that can be misused" framing, arguing AI is better understood as a new species than a tool.
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